Who We Are

Meet the exceptional SoundMind team, a group of passionate and talented individuals dedicated to revolutionizing the education of psychedelic facilitators from all backgrounds and identities.

Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH
Founder & Executive Director


Dr. Hannah McLane is a physician, psychoanalyst, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder of SoundMind, a rigorous facilitator training program and research initiative aimed at bringing ethics, equity, and innovation to the psychedelic ecosystem. She grew up in rural New Hampshire and spent several years in South America and East Asia. Dr. McLane conducts research on cognitive diversity, psychedelic science, ethics, PTSD, and emerging alternative therapies for mental health issues. She identifies as neurodiverse, having both dyslexia and ADHD.

Dr. Hannah attended McGill University and holds graduate degrees from Temple University (MA, Communication Sciences, Spanish Language), Brown University (MD, Doctor of Medicine, Contemplative Studies Concentration), and Harvard School of Public Health (MPH, Global health and Bioethics). She attended residencies in neurology and Occupational and Environmental medicine (University of Pennsylvania) and completed a fellowship in Patient Safety at the VA Hospital in Philadelphia. She also completed a 5-year psychoanalytic training program and considers herself a relational psychoanalyst.

Curriculum Design Team

Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH
Founder
Executive Director

Amber Badilla
Lead Trainer
Student Affairs

Seth Fowler
Lead Trainer |
Curriculum Design

Operations and Training

Angela Ybarra
Lead Trainer
Oregon Psilocybin Lead

Dino Masic
Training Tech Director

Plant Medicine Curriculum and Ceremonial Team

Yuri McGaha
Plant Medicine Instructor |
Nourishment Instructor

Belinda Eriacho, MPH
Lead Trainer
Curriculum Advisor

Paula Andrea Patiño Arias, MS
Lead Ceremonial Instructor | Retreats Team

Operation, Design, and Technology

Yakub Grant
Jamaica Programming
Design Lead

Pauline Castañeda
Graphic Design and Social Media

Richard Watson
Jamaica and Philadelphia Programming

Featured Training Instructors

Chris Stauffer, MD

Rick Doblin, PhD

Joseph McCowan, PsyD

Hal Roth, PhD

Michael Mithoefer, MD

Pierre Bouchard, MA, LPC

Harvey Schwartz, PhD

Zach Skiles, PsyD

Kwasi Adusei, DNP

Dan Wikler, PhD

Mike Jay

Emma Knighton, MA, LMHC, RYT

Adele LaFrance, PhD

Kevin Barrett, LCSW

Claudia Cuentas, LMFT

SoundMind Center Clinical and Admin Team

Johanna Verley
Sound Healing | Psychedelic Facilitator| Gong Master

Olivia Rivellini
Clinical Operations Assistant

Nicki Cowan LCSW, MPH
Psychedelic Facilitator

Special Programming

Lieutenant Sarko Gergerian
Frontline Workers Peer
Training Lead

Nick Blackston
Peer Support Veteran Project

Brett Waters
Peer Support Veteran Project

Courtney Hutchinson, LSW, MPH
Research Fellow |
Psychedelic Facilitator

Ace Crespo
Peer Support Veteran Project

Francisca Santibanez
Plant Dieta Program Lead Trainer

Advisors and Consultants

Nate Howard

Amanda Feilding

Simeon Schnapper

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